DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1630Z August 15, 2016
SMOKE: Central Plains: An area of light density smoke from wildfires burning across the western US can be seen over parts of southeast Wyoming, southern South Dakota, most of Nebraska, eastern Colorado, western Kansas and into extreme eastern New Mexico and the far western edges of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle. Wyoming/Montana/Idaho: An area of light residual smoke is seen across portions of southwestern/south central Montana, northwest Wyoming and a small section of far eastern Idaho bordering Wyoming and Montana. Canada: An area of residual thin density smoke from recent wildfire activity in northwestern Canada was seen stretching from central Nunavut eastward. Another small area of smoke can be seen stretching across north central/northeastern Hudson Bay region. J Kibler THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE. TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov